DNR to start controlled burns in Portage, Marathon counties

8:26 PM,
Apr. 9, 2014

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Stevens Point Journal Media

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources plans to conduct controlled burns in parts of Portage and Marathon counties this spring, setting fire to timber and brush to revitalize habitat.

Under the program, the department will burn two parcels in the Buena Vista Wildlife Area in the southwest corner of Portage County. The DNR also will burn a 112-acre field in the Marathon County Forest in the town of Hewitt in Marathon County.

The DNR conducts controlled burns on a two- to five-year cycle, according to a news release issued by the department. DNR foresters will start the burns in the ...